The Lithuanian STELLA partner JDC Jaunuolių Dienos Centras developed a fun and informative online survey
regarding the topic Team Ability, suitable to take part for people with and without disabilitites. Now we would like to know your opinion about team ability. Our Lithuanian partner
Jaunuolių Dienos Centras made a short, inclusive Online Survey:

It is interesting to discover different approaches from different countries

It is important to listen to other people from abroad and talk with them

It is more pleasant to work in a team

We got new skills while implementing team ability skills

BEST PRACTICE:

As the 3 partners used games to implement the team abilities skills we decide to :

Focus on 4, 5 or 6 main skills we identified for team ability

Find and play games to implement the selected skills

Share our methods and tools

Evaluate and select the best practice by skill

Present the games (4, 5 or 6) according the structure of the handbook

Les Papillons Blancs de Lille | France

Regis Alvin | Les Papillons Blancs de Lille | France

During the Kick off meeting in November in Oberursel, the partners engaged in a workshop to explore what team abilities are, what skills are expected to work together and what methods could be
used to develop these competences.

We also created a timetable for reaching our first goal: Gathering and sharing methods and experimentation in order to select the best practices for the next transnational meeting in Athens.

During the in December weeks, partners from Lithuania, the Netherlands and France have composed a target group in each country, composed of staff and PWDs.

The partners from the Netherlands composed a group with 1 client and 3 staff members and decided to take a scientific approach to Team Ability, starting with a definition:

To have the skills to contribute in a cooporative and coordinated effort on the part of a group of people / persons, acting together as a team in the interest of a common goal / cause.

The partners focused on clients with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) who deserve a job and to participate in society. They have special skills (eg. High attention to detail) that could represent an
asset to employers, they do, however, have some difficulties with communication. They need clarity and structure in their workspace.

Definiton of Team Ability:

Developing the individual skills necessary to contribute as the member of a group in a cooporative and coordinated working environment. Allowing everyone to act
together as a team in the interest of a common goal or cause.

Lina Trebiene, Jaunuoliu Dienos Centras | Lithuania

We focused on social behavior at work. We established the STELLA team, the leaders and the methods:

Talents and limits

Skills list

Experimental learning

Role play

Interviews

Visual presentations

Jaunuoliu Dienos Centras | Lithuania

The less skilled team members learn from the more experienced and more confident ones.

Jaunuoliu Dienos Centras | Lithuania

Team is Power! - according to the participants of the STELLA Team from our Lithuanian partner Jaunuolių Dienos Centras. Why? Check out their
new video about social behaviour!